Winter Roof Snow and Ice Removal

I built a four car garage with a working/storage area on the end for a neighbor. He had a hillside lot so the backside of the foundation is essentially a concrete retaining wall.

The building is 24 feet deep and 52 long with 14 foot studs in the front with a four foot overhang over the doors and six foot studs standing on a one foot over the floor concrete pony wall.

Two foot overhang in the back. Metal roofing. Snow just slides off that roof and onto that steep hill in back.

You can run a truck snowplow across the front of the building and never touch a shovel.

Proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance.

so how do you remove summer snow?

Haiku?

WOW he's very lucky he didn't get like twisted in that ladder or that there was nothing in the way of his landing!

YUP. ALL OF OUR ROOFING IS EITHER SOLAR THERMAL PANELS OR METAL RIBBED ROOFING. EXCEPT FOR THE GREENHOUSE WE NEVER HAVE TO CLEAR OFF A ROOF. 30 INCHES SINCE LAST NIGHT AND WE JUST FINISHED THE CLEANUP OF THE DRIVEWAYS/PATHS TO THE BARNS/HENHOUSE/PIGGERY.

Doesn't Suburban Auto Group sell a Roof Monkey?

D’oh!

With a sun shovel.

Sounds like a solid design!

Done that before on up to a 6/12 pitch. Any steeper and gravity does the job. Just need to be careful of the icicles. Many people may not be aware that the snow load melts from the bottom up. The reason is almost always inadequate ventilation from the attic space. You don't need an attic proper, air just needs to flow beneath the substrate, which is the roof deck. Proper ventilation will keep the roof deck a stable temp to avoid ice damming and back up from the freeze thaw cycles. A roof rake is safer.

Hell Yeah! 👍👍

You made it entertaining too, nice pad

Low voltage heat would be high current and that would get expensive fast.

Thx for that!

i've tried to imagine this idea of dragging a snow blowers up onto the roof and honestly it seems like far more work and risk than just hauling my fat butt up there with a snow shovel and getting 'er done!

lol, at least he landed on his feet!

honestly wondered if i'd be filming myself falling off my roof, it's deadly slippery being a metal/tin roof.

but i stayed up there, no falls.

Build for enough strength that you never need to clear snow. I refuse to waste my time doing such things. My metal roofs shed snow when needed, though this year has been an easy one.

Snow is shit. The less time wasted on it the better. I don't even plow most of my driveways. It all goes away eventually, so who even cares.

It’s better to build for automatic snow removal, alas, this patio deck is not such a construct. It was kinda fun to clear it though.

You don’t even plough your driveway?!
How’s anyone going to visit you?
..or maybe that’s the point!

Trunk monkey!